Nintendo believes that it is possible to create great games without incurring massive development costs. Focusing on the creative side of the process helps save money.

The Marvel Rivals audience is rapidly growing. NetEase announced that 20 million people worldwide have tried the team-based action game in less than two weeks.

The Tales of series is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In honor of this milestone, Bandai Namco Entertainment has revealed the latest sales figures for Tales of Berseria, one of the most recent installments in the series, which was globally released in 2017 on PC and PlayStation.

The Polish company 11 bit studios has decided to shut down a game codenamed Project 8. They had warned about the possibility of this outcome last week when they initiated an audit of the project.

Germany has updated its age rating system for games. The standard list of criteria now includes a category for “risk factors.” This was announced by the German ratings agency USK. 

The service SteamDB has published a list of the top-grossing products on Steam for the week of December 10 to 17. Counter-Strike 2 took the top spot, displacing the former leader Path of Exile 2 to second place.

Among the game trailers showcased at The Game Awards 2024 was Catly — an MMO featuring cats from the studio SuperAuthenti. Online speculation arose that both the trailer and the game might have been created using generative artificial intelligence (AI). However, in a statement to IGN, the developers of Catly claimed otherwise.

QualiArts is a Japanese mobile game development studio that is part of the internet company CyberAgent. The last fiscal year (October 2023 – September 2024) was extraordinarily successful for them.

UNIGINE has released a new version of its engine — 2.19.1. It has been four months since the last update to version 2.19.

We continue summarizing the year 2024 with teams from the gaming industry (or related to it). Up next is an interview with representatives from Beresnev Games, founder Oleg Beresnev and CEO Yulia Barteneva.

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In 2022, a group of former developers from The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 founded their own studio — Dark Passenger. Recently, it secured seed investment of $3 million.

SEGA’s Chief Operating Officer, Shuji Utsumi, discussed the company’s business strategy with Eurogamer, highlighting a vision based on three main pillars: shifting focus from the Japanese market, embracing a transmedia approach, and reinvesting in forgotten franchises.

We continue summarizing the results of 2024 with teams involved in the gaming industry. Up next is an interview with representatives from the outsourcing studio Infinite Art Solutions — CEO and co-founder Alexey Pechenin, Business Development Director Oleg Rozhkov, and Art Director Alexander.

The Chinese mini-game market is on the rise. According to estimates by the analytics company DataEye, by the end of 2024, its volume will exceed 50 billion yuan ($6.86 billion).

Laundry Store Simulator is another simulator released by the Polish company PlayWay. The game was launched on Steam and Google Play on December 9, 2024. According to PlayWay’s CEO, Krzysztof Kostowski, the game recouped its costs in just three days.

PulluP Entertainment, the parent company of publisher Focus Entertainment Publishing, announced the sale of its controlling interest in Streum On Studio. The studio’s partners-founders have regained control over it.

Online participation for Helldivers 2 on Steam increased by 557% following a major update, Elden Ring sales surpassed 28 million copies, and the head of Game Science was disappointed by Black Myth: Wukong’s loss in the “Game of the Year” category at The Game Awards 2024. Here’s a recap of the main events in the gaming industry over the past weekend.

Chris Barrett, who previously led the development of Marathon, is set to sue his former employers — Bungie and Sony. He accuses the companies of deliberately ruining his reputation and career.